MIL-STD-1568 Materials And Processes For Corrosion Prevention And Control In Aerospace Weapons SystemsThis standard establishes the requirements for materials, processes and techniques, and identifies the tasks required to implement an effective corrosion prevention and control program during the conceptual, validation, development and production phases of aerospace weapons systems. The intent is to minimize life cycle cost due to corrosion and to obtain improved reliability.

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2.4 Order of precedence. Unless otherwise noted herein or in the contract, in the event of a conflict between the text of this document and the references cited herein, the text of this document takes precedence. Nothing in this document, however, supersedes applicable laws and regulations unless a specific exemption has been obtained.

3. DEFINITIONS. Not applicable.

4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

4.1 General requirements. A Corrosion Prevention and Control Plan shall define corrosion prevention and control requirements and considerations for system definition, design,

engineering development, production and deployment phases, consistent with the design life of the system.

5. DETAIL REQUIREMENTS

5.1 Documentation. The following shall result from the implementation of the Corrosion

Prevention and Control Program (see 6.3).

5.1.1 Corrosion prevention and control plan. The corrosion prevention and control plan shall describe the specific corrosion prevention and control measures to be implemented for the purpose of controlling corrosion. This corrosion prevention and control plan shall address only those materials and processes intended to be used in this specific aerospace weapons system being procured. This includes installation of Government furnished equipment.

5.1.2 Finish specification. The finish specification shall identify the specific organic and inorganic surface pretreatments and coatings intended to be used for protection against corrosion of the materials selected for the aerospace weapons system identified in the corrosion prevention control plan. After approval of the specification by the procuring activity, the requirements contained therein shall be included in all applicable production drawings.

5.2 Materials and process considerations in design.

5.2.1 Selection considerations. The primary consideration in the design and construction of aerospace weapons systems is the ability of the design to comply with structural and operational requirements. In addition, the aerospace weapons are expected to perform reliably and require minimum maintenance over a specified lifetime, which includes minimizing the rate of deterioration. Therefore, in the selection of materials and processing methods to satisfy system requirements, consideration shall also be given to those materials, processing methods and protective treatments which reduce failures due to deterioration. Deterioration modes that contribute to failures include, but are not limited to, pitting corrosion, galvanic corrosion, exfoliation corrosion, stress corrosion, corrosion fatigue, thermal embrittlement, fretting fatigue, oxidation, hydrogen embrittlement, weathering and fungus growth. In the entire design phase,